Spectral Control of Stress Response in Plants
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 284
Special Issue Editors
Interests: abiotic stress; antioxidants; cereals; reactive oxygen species; redox regulation
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Dear Colleagues,
Spatial (latitude, altitude, shade) and temporal (daily, seasonal) changes in the light spectrum play an important role in the control of stress response of plants. The alterations in the ratio of the various spectral components are sensed by the photoreceptors, and they can activate the defence processes through different signalling pathways. The redox and hormonal systems are major participants of the signal transduction. Reactive oxygen species and antioxidants adjust the redox environment, which affect the expression of the redox-responsive genes and activity of many proteins being involved in the modulation of hormone and metabolite content. However, plant hormones also affect the level of antioxidants. This mutual interaction is probably regulated by the changes in the ratio of blue, red and far-red light, and is very important for the efficient defence against environmental stresses. This Special Issue will present and discuss the effects of spectral changes on those redox- and hormone-dependent physiological, biochemical and molecular processes, which can adjust the plant growth and development in order to reduce the stress-induced damages.
Dr. Gábor Kocsy
Dr. Zsolt Gulyás
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- spectral control
- stress response
- light spectrum
- photoreceptor
- reactive oxygen
- plant hormone
- antioxidant
- plant growth and development
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